Our Achievements

These numbers show a few of our achievements up to now. We cannot do justice, though, to the wonderful work done by so many Projects Abroad volunteers who have given up their time to work abroad since 1992.

Here is a snapshot of some of our achievements:

26

The number of schools, spanning 12 countries, where our volunteers launched campaigns in 2015 to help improve literacy.

30+

The number of developing countries that we work in across five continents.

41

The different nationalities of our volunteers.

50+

The number of projects directly funded and operated by Projects Abroad staff and volunteers.

60+

The number of locations where we hold medical outreach and awareness programs.

230

The number of Disaster Relief volunteers who helped rebuild seven schools and a day care centre following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

478

The number of bird species identified in the Taricaya Ecological Reserve in Peru (more than one species of bird for every hectare in the reserve).

1,000+

The number of projects that we offer our volunteers and interns, ranging from Teaching and Conservation to Medicine and Human Rights.

2,000+

The number of cases that our Law & Human Rights interns have completed to date.

4,500

The number of students who can attend school thanks to the efforts of our Disaster Relief volunteers in Nepal and the Philippines.

20,580

The number of students, across 350 schools, who benefitted from our Teaching Projects in 2015. Our volunteers have taught conversational English, French, German, maths, art, drama, sports, music and IT!